CLASS AVES

Gray-breasted Martin

Animals Kingdom (Animalia)

• Chordates (Phylum Chordata)

• Vertebrates (Subphylum Vertebrata)

• Birds (Class Aves)

A large swallow of tropical lowlands. Fairly common in towns, villages, open and semi-open country with taller trees and other structures that provide nest cavities. Adult males are a glossy blue-black with the grey-brown throat, breast and sides contrasting with the white lower underparts. Females are duller than the male. They hunt for insects in flight.